Fun In Acapulco was filmed on location and the scenery is spectacular. The soundtrack has a Latin feel and is musically different from any other Elvis Presley album. This soundtrack was released in November of 1963 and quickly became another hit album for Elvis reaching number three on the charts.

In some respects, this is the quintessential frustrating Elvis soundtrack album. It's worth getting because some of the good stuff doesn't turn up on a lot of compilations, but when it's bad it's really bad.

It has some really wonderful tracks: Bossa Nova Baby, (The single 'Bossa Nova Baby' got to # 11 in the charts while the soundtrack LP made # 3.) I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here, Fun In Acapulco, Vino, Dinero Y Amor, You Can't Say No In Acapulco, and especially the two bonus tracks, Slowly But Surely & Love Me Tonight are all at the top of the heap of Elvis' early 60's output. There are a few mediocre travelogue songs, not that bad, not that great. The audio mix on all the tracks has been spatially opened up to create a really tremendous wide stereo mix. (The original stereo LP almost sounds mono in comparison!) This allows all the musicians to shine as well as giving The Jordanaires & back up vocals a better role since they are now separated further from Elvis' vocal track. So Fun In Acapulco is good soundtrack particularly in that it succeeds in its matching the movie theme. So this CD a must have. After all you can't say no in Acapulco!

A Mexican locale, some Tijuana horns, plus the interesting presence of the Mexican 'Amigos' at the recording sessions presented a novel setting for Elvis. After the formulaic 'World's Fair' soundtrack here was a far more stimulating challenge for him. The Tijuana sound of Herb Alpert was prominent on radio stations at the time and some of Elvis' favourite songwriters (ie Don Robertson) provided some excellent soundtrack material.

The single 'Bossa Nova Baby' got to # 11 in the charts while the soundtrack LP made # 3.